Ate Glo's SONA remarkable, but...

Did I tell you before that when I run out of some pleasant things to write about I run to the kids via Art Linkletter's "Kids Say The Darndest Things!" Well, this morning I'm running to kids again for succor.

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Mr. Linkletter asked some kids about housework and their Dads. Here are four sample answers:

My dad doesn't even talk about housework. He just stays in bed."

"My dad plays golf with the Boss so he'll get a raise."

"My dad doesn't dust but he cleans his own teeth."

"My dad won't come home weekends if there's any work waiting there."

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Mr. Linkletter asked a boy what he wanted to be when he grew up.

"What do you think you'll be when you grow up?"

"According to my mother, I'll be a lawyer probably."

"What makes you think so?"

"Well, my mother says I talk so much all the time I might as well be a lawyer and get paid for it."

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So much about kids for a while, at least. It says here that a livelihood program is being planned for bad girls so they could earn a living the decent way. You see, like I said before, man doesn't live by bed alone.

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Once the bad girls are able to learn a trade they will no longer be praying to God: "Give us this day our daily bed."

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The State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Arroyo is still the talk of the town. The Arroyo fans say it's the best SONA ever. The non-fans say it's just a recycle, a rehash, of Ate Glo's past SONAs. So what else is new?

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The development program cited by Ate Glo in her SONA sounds remarkable. But the opposition guys are saying, quoting a Russian proverb: "Don't put it in my ear but in my hand."

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An opposition leader was quoted as saying: "The sun has stopped smiling at the Filipino nation. We've always been having cloudy days under the GMA administration." But my favorite author Bob Phillips says - in this connection - if you count the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.

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It says here that a big banking institution abroad has denied a loan sought by the Philippines. The bank must be saying, paraphrasing a Chinese sari-sari store owner: "You ask for loan, I no give you get mad. You ask for loan, I give you no pay I get mad. Better you get mad."